Stop using dressing and religion to cover up sexual harassment – Genevieve

Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji has asked the society to stop using dressing and religion to justify sexual harassment.

She took to her Instagram page to make her opinion known by reposting a write that addresses the issue of sexual harassment. The award winning actress mentioned that it has now become the fault of women that men are not taught from young to treat women with honor and respect. “Our fault that men are not taught from young to treat women with honor and respect and that little girls are taught to be ashamed of their bodies”.

The write up narrated the story of a Muslim woman, who was completely covered from head to toe and yet was groped by a man passing by.

“Recently I watched a video where I saw a Muslim lady get groped by a man passing by. I mention the fact that she is Muslim only to point out that she is completely covered from head to toe. And i remember thinking to myself, how are they going to spin this on her, surely she must have provoked this attack one way or the other”.

Check out her Instagram post:

Recently I watched a video where I saw a Muslim lady get groped by a man passing by. I mention the fact that she is Muslim only to point out that she is completely covered from head to toe. And i remember thinking to myself, how are they going to spin this on her, surely she must have provoked this attack one way or the other. Since it’s not the way she’s dressed perhaps is the way she stood, maybe it was a bit too provocative, just a enough to drive the man over the edge, beyond his senses such that he lost all control and touched her.

Society tends to use dressing and religion to cover up the fact that touching a woman without her consent is wrong. From my personal experience when I have certain places to go to, I have to consider what I’m wearing because I’m afraid of being attacked and even when covered up I’m not assured that I won’t be. As my cousin said to me “Hide yourselves my fellow women less you breathe the wrong way and cause a man to lose his senses, after all their control is held by very thin air”. It saddens me what my sisters and I have to go through. Of course it’s our fault for being women, that we were bestowed breasts by some nature. Our fault that men are not taught from young to treat women with honor and respect and that little girls are taught to be ashamed of their bodies. ••• #ArtVoice 🎨. #BeAVoiceInYourSpace